Method for retaining hair



Sept. 2, 1969 F. D. BUZZELLI 3,464,424

METHOD FOR RETAINING HAIR Filed Oct. 25, 1965 United States Patent 3,464,424 Patented Sept. 2, 1969 3,464,424 METHOD FOR RETAINING HAIR Frank D. Buzzelli, 28803 W. Nine Mile Road, Farmington, Mich. 48024 Continuation-impart of application Ser. No. 437,038, Mar. 4, 1965. This application Oct. 23, 1965, Ser. No. 503,745

US. Cl. 1327 Int. Cl. A45d 7/00 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention is a continuation-in-part of United States patent application, Ser. No. 437,038, filed Mar 4, 1965 and now abandoned. That application discloses the method of forming a ladys coifiure which consists of wetting the hair, manually forming the hair into the desired arrangement, retaining certain hair sections with respect to the hair of the wearer by covering the hair with a section of elongated tape formed with a pressure sensitive adhesive onone side and a pattern of perforations through the tape, said tape being adhered to both the skin and the hair, and then causing the hair to dry and removing the tape. This method is an improvement on the established technique of setting a womans hair while the hair is wet and retaining it in a desired position while it is allowed to dry so that it will semipermanently retain the curves and curls which are placed in it while in a damp state. The parent application also claimed a tape for specific use in retaining hair during drying which consisted of a manually divisible material formed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side and a regular pattern of apertures through the tape, the apertures being so arranged so that at any cross section on the tape, no more than 40% of the original area is removed by the apertures.

The present invention contemplates a process of the same nature as that disclosed in the parent application wherein the tape employed is of a type which is continuously porous so that it is not necessary to form apertures through the tape in order to provide ventilation to hair retained under the tape. This tape has a porous backing carrying a microporous pressure-sensitive adhesive coating. The coating may either be continuous or in strips. The adhesive is rubber based and is water-soluble and the coating is aggressively tacky in its normal state. This adhesive coating penetrates into the non-woven porous fibrous backing and is firmly anchored to provide a unitary integrated structure that will not delaminate or split.

This type of tape has been previously known and used for surgical purposes since its porosity prevents maceration of the skin during prolonged use of the tape.

The present invention therefore essentially consists of a new use of a known composition of matter which is patentable in accordance with 35 USC. 101 and 35 USC. 100 (b).

One form of tape which may be employed in connection with the present invention is described in United States Patent No. 3,121,021. This tape, in one of its embodiments, consists of a thin compacted tissue-like web of randomly interlaced stapled textile fibers which are individually coated and are interbonded at their crossing points by a non-tacky hydrophobic rubbery fiber-sizing polymer having a weight of about 30-70% of the total fabric weight, such as to provide water-repellent sized fibers in wet strength in a unified resilient reticular tissuelike fabric backing having a porous capillary structure capable of absorbing liquid perspiration and which is strong and tough enough for surgical tape functioning whether dry or wet. This backing is coated with a thin, smooth visibly-continuous hydrophobic transparent skinadhering pressure-sensitive adhesive which interlocks with the fibers on one side of the backing to provide a unitary structure but microporous fibro-adhesive web structure, the adhesive coating having a vast number per square inch of randomly-varying minute closely-spaced pores communicating with interfilar backing pores and sufiicing to transmit perspiration in either liquid or vapor state when the tape is adhered to human skin such that the entire contacted skin area is maintained in a ventilated state under ordinary conditions. In the preferred embodiment of the tape disclosure, the adhesive coating essentially consists of a water-insoluble hydrophobic aggressivelytacking highly-cohesive rubbery pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer, the adhesive having a composition that is relatively non-irritating to human skin and being so firm and rubbery that the tape can be readily and comfortably removed from the skin after prolonged adhering contact.

Our present invention consists of the process of setting hair by first wetting and forming it into a desired arrangement and then retaining certain hair sections with respect to the head by covering the hair with a section of the above tape and then causing the hair to dry while being so retained and then removing the tape.

Other objects, advantages and applications of the present invention will be made apparent by the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention. The description makes reference to the accompanying drawing which is a side view of a womans head with the hair set in retaining place during the drying action by segments of tape applied to the hair and skin at particular points.

Referring to the drawings, a womans hair generally indicated at 10 has first been washed or otherwise wetted and then manually set into the general configuration of the desired coiffure. The hair style is a short one adapted to fit close to the head. In order to assist in retaining the shape three sections of tape generally indicated at 12, 14, and 16 have been applied to the hair and skin.

The tape section 12 is applied horizontally across the forehead and gathers a section of hair which will constitute a bang. The section of tape 14 is applied to the temples and gathers a section of hair which may form spit curls. The section of tape 16 is applied horizontally and engages the nape of the neck of the wearer to retain that section of hair in close proximity to the neck.

The tape sections employed may be torn by hand from a roll of tape, the tape being of the one of the types disclosed in United States Patent No. 3,121,021. In other embodiments of the invention, the adhesive might be applied in longitudinal strips or other patterns rather than being continuous.

The perforations in this tape allow air to circulate through the captured hair in order to speed the drying process. This drying process may occur naturally or it may be hastened by use of a dryer of any well known type. The essential aspects of the tape are that they be formed with a porous non-woven fibrous backing coated with a microporous pressure-sensitive adhesive coating consisting of a Water-insoluble viscoelastic aggressively tacky adhesive polymer that is relatively non-irritating to the human skin.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The method of setting hair which comprises of wetting the hair and manually adjusting it into a desired coitfure, and retaining one or more sections of the hair with lengths of elongated tape having a porous non-Woven fibrous backing and a coating of microporous pressuresensitive adhesive consisting of a water insoluble viscoelastic aggressively tacky adhesive polymer that is relatively non-irritating to the human skin, said sections of tape being adhered to the hair and skin so as to retain the hair in place, and then drying the hair.

2. The method of forming a coiffure which consists of Wetting the hair, manually forming the hair into a desired arrangement, retaining certain hair sections with respect to the head of the wearer by covering the hair with a section of elongated tape formed of a porous non-woven fibrous backing coated with microporous pressure-sensitive adhesive consisting of a water insoluble viscoelastic aggressively tacking adhesive polymer that is relatively nonirritating to the skin, said tape being adhered to both the skin and hair so as to retain the hair in place, permitting the hair to dry, and then removing the tape.

3. The method of setting hair which comprises wetting the hair and manually adjusting it into a desired coitfure, and retaining one or more sections of the hair with lengths of elongated tape coated on one side with a pressuresensitive adhesive, said tape having means for permitting circulation of air therethrough, said sections of tape being adhered to the hair and skin so as to retain the hair in place with, and then drying the hair.

4. The method of forming a coiifure which consists of wetting the hair, manually forming the hair into a desired arrangement, retaining certain hair sections with respect to the head of the wearer by covering the hair with a section of elongated tape formed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side and means for permitting air circulation through the tape, said tape being adhered to both the skin and the hair, and causing the hair so as to retain the hair in place permitting the hair to dry, and then removing the tape.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,353,332 7/1944 Hall 128-176 2,871,865 2/1959 Anderson 132-7 3,088,843 5/1963 Schaar. 3,073,303 1/1963 Schaar l28-156 ROBERT PESHOCK, Primary Examiner GREGORY E. McNEILL, Assistant Examiner 

